Halifax police argue their own officer abused her authority when she unlawfully arrested and tased a Black man on Quinpool Road in 2019. Const. Nicole Green was found in disciplinary default after the arrest, which was captured on video, in December 2019. Halifax Regional Police found she’d breached all three subsections of s. 24(7) of […]
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Halifax council votes to legalize rooming houses despite suburban and rural parking concerns
Despite some rural and suburban concerns about parking, Halifax regional councillors have legalized so-called shared housing across the municipality. Council held a public hearing at its meeting on Tuesday to consider second reading of land-use bylaw amendments to permit shared housing uses like rooming houses or single-room occupancies, or supportive housing. “Shared housing is a […]
Halifax officially asks police to clear Meagher Park
The municipality has officially asked Halifax Regional Police to remove unhoused people from Meagher Park, but it’s unclear when police will move in. Maggie MacDonald, executive director of parks and recreation, made the request to Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella in a letter dated Wednesday, posted online Thursday evening. “I do not believe further […]
Halifax mobilizing police to clear unhoused people from Meagher Park
The municipality is calling in the police to kick unhoused people out of a park, stoking fears, even among councillors, of a repeat of the chaos of last August. Halifax regional council held a special virtual meeting on Tuesday with one item on the agenda: “Homelessness in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).” There was no motion […]
Halifax denies former Const. Brian Johnston sexually assaulted girl, but admits she complained to police in 2009
The municipality denies that a former Halifax Regional Police officer sexually assaulted a teenaged girl in the early 1990s, but admits the same person later complained to police about the officer fathering her child. As the Halifax Examiner reported in January, a plaintiff using the pseudonym X.Y. is suing the municipality and the federal government, […]
One of Premier Tim Houston’s ‘friends’ tapped to run Crown corp wants to infill Dartmouth Cove
One of the “personal friends” Premier Tim Houston appointed to look after consolidated Crown corporations is also the owner of a company associated with the application to infill Dartmouth Cove. Houston appointed Tom Hickey, CEO of Atlantic Road Construction and Paving Ltd., to run the newly-created Invest Nova Scotia, to be compensated up to $18,000 […]
Halifax heritage committee recommends in favour of eight-storey addition to Stairs House
Halifax’s heritage committee is recommending in favour of a big addition to an old building in the south end. The proposal from Summer Wind Holdings, owned by Paul Murphy, Jim Spatz, and Gordon Laing, the same owners as Southwest Properties, has been a long time coming. The Halifax Examiner first reported on the proposal more...
Some asshole broke into Halifax Public Gardens and vandalized trees
The Halifax Public Gardens were closed on Tuesday as workers tried to repair some of the city’s most treasured trees after a baffling act of vandalism. Someone broke into the gardens sometime overnight Monday into Tuesday, and cut rings of bark off of at least a dozen trees — some 100 years old or more. […]
Federal, provincial governments pledge millions to preserve Nova Scotia co-op, nonprofit housing
The provincial and federal governments are spending millions to try to preserve co-operative and nonprofit housing units in Nova Scotia. The governments announced $13 million in forgivable loans, split 50-50, during a news conference on Monday. “This will help preserve a total of 145 community housing units in communities in Dartmouth, Wolfville, Sydney, Lower Sackville, […]
Halifax councillors consider letter in support of abortion access
Pending approval from all of regional council, Halifax Mayor Mike Savage may write a letter to the federal health minister “opposing any bill or motion that is intended to restrict abortion or reduce access to abortions in Canada.” Council’s Executive Standing Committee recommended in favour of the letter at its meeting on Monday, forwarding a […]
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